• SERIES is listed as the series number
• COUNT is the number of baits to a package
• COLORS shown on the color chart are the actual

Tail

colors, and show the body and tail for each color

The example shown above would be an order for a Slim Senko (9J), in a 10-count bag, in Smoke Blue Pearl (240).
To order, simply fill out the enclosed order form and mail it in. Make sure you include your check or credit information. For
faster service, credit card orders are processed by phone at any of the Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits outlets listed below.

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Express shipping is available for an extra charge.
Orders shipped within the continental U.S. only.
Shipping & product prices subject to change without notice.
We reserve the right to change, modify, and/or discontinue any product.
Rods shipped UPS ground only. No express shipping available on rods.
No refunds on express shipping delays due to adverse weather conditions.

Visit us online at: www.baits.com for the latest and greatest
Yamamoto products and information and to order online. Check out
our Dealer Locator Page to find a dealer in your area.
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These days most all multi-national companies have lengthy mission statements, and enough lofty corporate goals
to fill volumes. We are no different. Every time you select one of the products that bear my name I want you to accomplish both of our corporate goals:
1.
2.

Catch more fish.
Have more fun.

Not too complicated, but then it never needed to be. My family and I share an interest; first and foremost we are
fishermen. Part of fishing, and for us one of the more important components, is catching. Yep, we like to fish, but
I’ll have to admit it - we love catching.
That simple concept is the basis upon which our company was founded. We wanted to catch more and bigger
fish and the surest route to that end seemed to be to manufacture better bait, so we did, and we accomplished it
as a family. That’s always been true at Yamamoto, and it always will be.
Catching fish is fun, pure and simple. Many of us have been blessed to have opportunities to fish for varied and
sometimes exotic species, in locations from across town to far-flung spots across the planet. But I’ll bet that you’d
have to admit that the most memorable fish of your life was probably one of the first fish of your life – in all likelihood one of the panfish species.
That fun from the past is hard to match, the utter joy of battling a spunky bream or bluegill on well-balanced
light tackle. Face it – if sunfish grew to five pounds it
wouldn’t be safe to go in swimming! Small baits often
mean large fun.
That was exactly what we were thinking, the reason behind our introduction of an expanded line of crappie
and panfish lures. Stan Fagerstrom, one of our staff writers, did a short series on those baits. Give it a look-see
at insideline.net. There may just be some undiscovered
excitement waiting for you at a nearby fishing hole.
On the other end of the bait spectrum are our new
heavyweights – the 10-inch Kut-Tail Worm and the
12-inch Curly Tail Worm. If you’re planning a late winter
getaway for south-of-the-border monster bass you’d
better plan to snag a few bags of these monsters to
throw in with your 7-inch Senkos and 8-inch Grubs.
When you purchase a bag of bait that bears my name
you pay us the ultimate compliment. Thank you. Have
fun, involve the family, and remember the men and
women of the Armed Forces that are still today in
harm’s way.

Color Chart

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Clear

Smoke

Red

Red w/ Red

Chartreuse w/ lg
chartreuse

Cinnamon w/ lg red

Black

Black w/ lg blue

Blue Pearl w/ lg silver

Cream White

Luminous White

Watermelon

Fading
Watermelon

Black w/ sm red

Black Body
156 Tail

Cinnamon w/ lg blue

Smoke w/ lg silver

Clear w/ lg silver

Cinnamon w/ lg green

Root Beer w/ lg gold

Smoke w/ lg black

Tomato w/ lg black

Chartreuse w/ lg black

Smoke w/ lg black &
purple

Blue Black w/
Chartreuse

Smoke w/ lg black &
copper

Purple w/ lg blue

Smoke w/ lg black &
chartreuse

Motor Oil w/ lg red

Clear w/ lg gold &
silver

Chartreuse w/ lg
green & chartresue

Cinnamon w/ lg black

Smoke w/ Black &
Silver

Smoke w/ Black
& Red

Smoke w/ Black &
Blue

Smoke w/ Black, Red,
Green & Orange

Chartreuse w/ Silver

Grape w/ Blue & Silver

Red w/ Black & Silver

Pumpkin w/ Black

Clear w/ Black

Motor Oil w/ Black

Lemon

Watermelon w/ Black

Fading Watermelon
w/ Black

Clear w/ Red, Blue
& Silver

Pumpkin w/ Black &
Green

Clear w/ lg black &
sm red

Brown Grape w/ lg
black

Clear w/ lg bronze

Cinnamon w/ Lg.
green, sm red

Watermelon w/ lg
black & sm red

June Bug

Smoke w/ lg black,
Blue & Gold

Cinnamon Red w/
sm blue

Pumpkin w/ lg black &
sm gold

Avocado w/ lg red

Champagne w/ lg
black

Mauve w/ lg black

Chalk White

Cinnamon w/ lg black
& purple

Watermelon w/ lg red
& lg green

Chocolate w/ lg black
& sm gold

Bubble Gum

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Black Blue

Plum w/ sm
emerald

Plum

Purple Pearl w/ sm
blue

Root Beer w/ sm
green & copper

Daiquiri w/ lg black &
hologram

Smoke w/ lg black &
hologram

Blue Pearl w/ lg black
& hologram

Smoke Pearl Blue

Cinnamon Brown

Root Beer w/Lg. Red
& sm. Gold

Dark Pumpkin w/ lg
black

Light Cinnamon w/
lg black

Root Beer w/ lg black
& sm double green

Green Pumpkin w/
lg black

Gold Pearl

Green Pumpkin w/lg
green & lg purple

Red w/ lg black & red

Pearl w/ lg black &
sm gold

Baby Bass

Natural Shad

Pumpkin w/Lg. Red &
Sm. Green

Green Pumpkin w/
large red

Watermelon w/ lg
black & sm gold

Watermelon w/ lg
green

Oxblood w/ Sm. Red

Clear w/Gold, Silver
& Black

Fire Tiger

Watermelon w/ lg blue

Watermelon w/ lg
purple

Grn Pumpkin w/
Purple & Copper

Cherrycoke
no flake

Light Smoke w/ lg red

Blue w/ lg blue flake

Mystery Sparkle Black

Grn Pumpkin w/ lg
black, micro fuschia

Grn Pumpkin w/ lg
black, micro purple

Black Body
Blue Tail

Black Body
Red Tail

021 Body, 156 Skirt
or Tail

021 Body, Roy Bl Skirt
or Tail

196 Body, 156 Skirt
or Tail

221 Body / 320 Tail

194 Body / 192 Tail

163 Body / 192 Tail

Red Shad

Watermelon & White

Blue and Black

Watermelon &
Lemon

Rainbow Trout

Chartreuse Shad

Green Pumpkin &
Watermelon

Green Pumpkin w/
Chartreuse Tail

Watermelon Amber
w/ Black Tail

Peanut Butter &
Jelly

Green Pumpkin/
Lemon Laminate

Brown/Purple

Black Red w/ Silver

Green Pumpkin w/
small red / 042J

Dk Grn Pmp w/ purple,
black, emerald flake /
transparent amber

Smoke w/ purple &
hologram / 031

Yamamoto Senkos

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When Gary Yamamoto designed the Senko in the early 90’s, he had no idea that he was changing
the future of fishing. Now it seems that every company has a similar “do nothing” copy of
GYCB’s creation, but none have figured out how to make one quite as effective as the
original. Over the ensuing period of time, the original Senko, available in three-,
four-, five-, six- and seven-inch sizes, has been bolstered with two tone and
laminate models and joined by the Slim Senko, the “Skinny” Senko, the Slim
Pro Senko and the Swimming Senko. There’s a Senko in the lineup for
every possible application and for every angler, from the first-timer
to the tour-level pro. Whether you fish it weightless, wackystyle, Texas-rigged, on a Carolina rig, or on a shakey
head or flipping jig, this simple slab of plastic will
revolutionize your game and increase
your catches.

New! 5” Pro Senko Laminate (9P-10-color) $6.48
Colors: *938, *939, *940, *941
*Available currently only in the 9P, these laminates are slightly more bouyant and
designed for dropshot and shakey-head techniques.

The Hula Grub was the lure that gave Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits its initial
foothold in the world of competitive fishing and in the tackle boxes of serious anglers everywhere. The grub in all of its manifestations is still an integral
part of the GYCB lineup today. It can be fished in six inches of water or a
hundred feet deep, in water ranging from crystal clear to super dirty. The
grub provides bass with no negative cues, but the naturalistic action of the
super soft plastic attracts largemouths, smallmouths and spotted bass alike
from long distances. Depending on your needs, they’re available in sizes
ranging from three inches to ten inches, single tail or double tail, with or
without a hula skirt. The grub was deadly decades ago and it continues to
be a top producer for savvy bass anglers everywhere.

Rig the Kreature absolutely any
way you want to. You’re likely to
be impressed with the results.

This heavy compact bait has great action when Texas or Carolina
rigged. Use it with any jig head or add it to your favorite flippin jig
and you have a winning fish catching combination!

Outstanding when Texas
rigged for thick cover or
Carolina rigged for bottomhugging fish. The forward arms
swim during the fall and retrieve.
color 194
As it rests on bottom, the slightest
movement causes the rear paddles
to spring forward and back. The tail tentacles wiggle and quiver, teasing any fish
that comes close to striking the Kreature.

Crappie and Panfish Products

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Introducing the new Crappie and Panfish Line.

The quality and excellence you’ve come to expect from our freshwater bass line has been extended to
our new crappie and panfish products. New styles and colors designed specifically for Crappie and
Panfish!
1 3/4” Tube
(C108-15-color) $2.99

These 7’ rods use a high modulous blank with 9 Titanium guides (8 + tip)
and a Hypalon handle making them light weight and extremly sensitive.The
Hypalon grip is distinctively stylish. Not to be confused with EVA
typically seen on less expensive rods, Hypalon is most commonly used
on high quality saltwater rods for its durability and wet grip strength, which
is superior to cork.
21-SPT-2 Medium Light
$199.98
Lure 1/16 - 5/16,
Line 4 - 10

21-SPT-3 Medium
$199.98
Medium - Lure 1/8 - 3/8,
Line 6 - 12

Drop-Shot Weight Keeper System
(39-weight-keeper) $2.75
Attach this one-piece system to your rod and secure your
drop-shot weight during transit and storage. The DropShot Weight Keeper System can be easily attached to any
size rod blank and doubles as a regular Hook Keeper for
all fishing techniques.

*Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits offers Gamakatsu Hooks with an exclusive 35째 hook. More gap between the eye and
the hook increases hookups and provides a better swimming action. Available in these hooks: 36-series, 43S5-series,
44G & W-series, and 67-series.

Extras
Screw-In Bullet Weight
(62-size) 5.29
Using a screw-in Bullet
Weight brand sinker will keep
the bait and weight as one
without pegging and will also help
keep your bait from sliding down the hook.
Sizes: 3/8-oz (3), 1/4-oz (4), 1/16-oz (4), 3/16-oz (4),
5/16-oz (4)

Forty of our very best Senkos (7 each: 9-297, 9-194, 9-031, 9S-196; 6 each: 9S-901, 9S-214) in a rugged, re-usable Plano utility box with instructions from Gary Yamamoto detailing how to use the Senko.

New! Swim Senko Kit
(16-Swim Senko Kit) $20.99

The perfect 36-piece sampling of our new Swim Senko (6 each) in
colors 021, 031, 157, 196, 208, 297, kept neatly in a Plano utility box.
Included are Gary’s personal tips on how to use this new product.

A great introduction to a great little compact bait.
Use it with any jig head or add it to your favorite flippin
jig and you have a winning fish catching combination! Kit
includes 7 each: FH-021, FH-297, FH-301

Cul-m-Rite Scale (39-cul) $199.98

This tournament-grade culling scale will assign a color ring to your fish
and when you have your limit tells you which one to cull. Easy to use, a
must for tournament anglers. Measures in pounds with ounces (e.g. 3
lbs 2 oz) or pounds in hundredths for more accuracy (e.g. 3.125 lbs).

For early and late season
fishing trips, or if you just
need a little more sun
protection, try our 100%
heavy weight cotton longsleeved tee. YAMAMOTO
emblazoned down the
sleeves. Yamamoto logo
on front and back. Sizes: M, L, XL, XXL
Colors: White, Black

Tournament Shirts (28-size-color) $39.98

100% cotton. Hidden button down collar. Custom embroidered with
our logo over the front pocket and across the back, for a professional
look on and off the water.
Sizes: M, L, XL, XXL
Colors: White, Seafoam, Khaki, Washed Blue

Todd utilized a 6” Yamamoto Senko (9L-05) to win the Bassmaster’s Elite event on Lake Amistad in Del Rio, TX. “I was
Texas rigging the Senko using a 1/4 oz. slip sinker on 16# Sugoi fluorocarban line, targeting isolated trees off points.”
With little wind and slick water in the mornings, he knew they wouldn’t hit a swim bait. “I picked up that Senko and
caught a limit in about an hour.”

Davy Hite - 8” and 10” Single Tail Grub

“Certainly, the 8” (10-10) and 10” (100-05) Single-Tail Grubs are great big bass lures, and I’ve
caught 10-pounders on them,” says Hite, winner of both the FLW Championship (1998) as well
as the Bassmaster Classic (’99), “but you can also catch smaller fish with these big lures, too.”
What Hite likes most about the 10” big grub is its diameter, which is larger than other worms of similar lengths. That one
feature not only gives the lure its own unique appearance but also increased visibility as well as a distinct swimming action.
During the March, 2008 Bassmaster Elite tournament at Falcon Reservoir, Hite weighed in 82 pounds, 11 ounces, including two fish over 8 pounds, and nearly all were caught on the 10” Single-Tail Grub. It was the most weight Hite has ever
weighed in a professional tournament.

Art Ferguson - 5” Swim Senko

Art utilized the Swim Senko (31-10) during the 2008 FLW Tour events which helped to produce two top-10
finishes. At thet Ft. Loudon/Tellico event, Art caught several of his key fish in the 4 days of competition on a
Swim Senko in color 912 rigged Carolina with a 7 1/2’ Kistler Heavy action LTA Rod, 14 lb. main line with a 10
lb. Sunline FC Sniper Fluorocarbon leader, 1/2 oz. Provider Riggin’ weight and a 3/0 Owner wide gap hook. “I I
noticed the fish primarily feeding on baitfish, so, in those areas, I put on a swimming type rig. It seemed to make
a difference.”
Art’s most recent and memorable event with the Swim Senko was down at Falcon Lake during the 2008 FLW
Series East/West Shoot-Out. “I was flipping a 5” Yamamoto Swim Senko in a 208 color and qualified for the 2009
FLW Forrest Wood Cup by flipping these baits with a 3/4 oz. Tungsten weight on 25 lb. Sunline Shooter Fluorocarbon line with a Kistler 7’ 11” Heavy action LTA Rod. I was painted the weights red to match the Talipia tails and the tail of the Swim Senko chartreuse
for some color to match the Talipia as well. I caught most of my key fish doing this in bushes in 15-18 feet of water.

Ron Colby - Flappin’ Hog

“The Yamamoto product that helped me the most this year, not only a top ten finish at the Stren event at Clear Lake
but for most of my tournaments this past year, has been the Flappin’ Hog. This little compact bait is the perfect jig
trailer! I pair the Flappin’ Hog with a Pepper Custom Baits Pepper Jig. Matching skirt combos or even complete opposites has worked on several occasions.

Scott Nielsen - 10” Single Tail Grub

Scott used the 10” Single Tail Grub (100-5) in his quest to win his bracket at Falcon Lake in the 2008 FLW
Series East/West Shoot-Out and advance to the 2009 Forrest Wood Cup. “I like to use the 10-10-194 on
a 5/0 Gamakatsu hook with 5/8 oz tungsten weight,16 lb Sugoi line and a Powell 764 Rod. I work this
bait a lot like a spinner bait - slow rolling it off the bottom over grass, trees and any submerged vegetation. You can let this bait go back to the bottom at any time and start your retrieve.”

Marc Marcantonio - Single Tail Grubs, Senkos, Hula Grubs

Marc Marcantonio was 2008 Angler of the Year for the American Bass Anglers Washington West Region
and the vast majority of his success this year was the result of several GYCB products:
- 5” Single Tail Grub (18-20) in color #239 rigged on a 1/4 oz Football Head Jig using 8lb Sugoi Flurocarbon. - 5” and 6” Senkos (9-10, 9L-05) fished both weightless as wacky rigged and Texposed. Single Tail Grub (10-10) in Black with Blue Tail and also Watermelon, rigged with a Florida Rig screw-in weight (1/8 oz) pitched
12lb Sugoi Fluorocarbon.

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Judy Wong - 5” Yamamoto Senko

Judy Wong captured the 2008 Women’s Bassmaster Tour
championship on Lake Keowee, SC, with a three-day total of 15
bass weighing 26 pounds, 10 ounces, nearly all of them caught on
Senkos. Fishing a large, warm-water discharge cove known as the Hot
Hole, Wong rigged her five-inch Senko on a ¾ ounce football head
jig with the hook embedded and gently bumped it along the bottom
in 30 feet of water. Her best color for the technique was green pumpkin
(297). Wong also fished five-inch Senkos wacky-style when she encountered
schooling bass chasing blueback herring, the lake’s primary forage species,
near the surface. She used a 4/0 Daichii hook and occasionally a split shot if the
discharge current was strong, and just twitched the lure as it drifted in the current.

Brett Hite - 5” Yamamoto Swim Senko

Brett Hite won back-to-back FLW events this past season (first on Lake Toho, FL during an FLW Tour event, then on the California Delta at an FLW Western Series event). Versatility is key for western fishermen fishing the National Scene in the East - Hite
used a 7’4” Performance Tackle signature rod to fish a chatterbait-style lure tipped with a 5” Swim Senko (31-10 series)
through the vegetation. Brett likes the Swim Senko because “It just has a real, real natural
action.”

Rigging Guide
Talkin’ Texas - Four Ways to Lasso and Hog-tie a
Yamamoto Bait
Texas rig, Carolina rig, Mojo rig, with a screw-in
sinker, a splitshot or dropshot, weightless or
wacky rig? A Senko or Kut-Tail can be effective
all these ways, as can most of our soft baits. Except wacky rig or using our Split Shot hook, you
often start out the same by putting the offset
eye portion of a hook through the nose of a bait
and out the chin. Then with the point end of
the hook, do one of the following, depending
on how heavy the bass-holding cover is at any
given moment.

Texas Rigged

For the heaviest cover, the only option may be to put the point in through the
bottom of the bait, and not have it come out the top surface. Works best with the
thinner-bodied baits where you do not have to drive the hook through a big wad
of plastic on a hookset. Many anglers underestimate the gear required for this. Texas rigging
is not a light or medium line/rod technique. A
heavy rod, reel and line are required to drive
the hook through the plastic. (Side note: For
flipping and pitching short distances, Gary
Yamamoto prefers the solid hooksets he feels
are provided by Texas rigging with a straight
shank hook. For casting weightless baits or
distances, he opts for an offset shank to help
keep the bait in place during a long cast.)

Tex-Exposed

For open water or thin cover, put the point into the
bottom of the bait and all the way out the top of
the bait. The barb on some hooks like the Yamamoto Sugoi angle downward, so the point will hug
flat on top of the bait. This is called “Tex-Exposed,”
meaning it is an exposed point Texas rig. Applications are where the water is mostly open, with few
snags and sparse weed patches. Tex-Exposed
works a bit better on big, fat-bodied grubs or on
wide-bodied lizards where there is some girth that
tends to bump the Tex-Exposed point away from
any snags.

Tex-Skin on Top

For moderate cover, follow the directions for
Tex-Exposing the hook. Then, insert the hook
point and barb just under the skin on the
plastic bait’s back. You have to pull the plastic
in front of where the hook comes out the top
of the bait, and stretch it forward a bit. While
it is still stretched, insert the point just under
the skin, and then push the stretched plastic
back to cover the barb area. The only way
to describe it is that the hook point should
appear just under the bait’s skin exactly as if
you got a splinter in your thumb or big toe,
just under your skin.

Tex-Skin on Side

For moderate cover. In this variation, you do not insert the hook through the bottom
of the bait. Instead, let the hook dangle down, with the hook bend underneath the
bait’s body, and the hook point alongside the bait. Now scrunch the bait forward
a bit with your fingers, insert the hook point into the side of the bait, then slide the
bait back so that the point and barb are under the skin on the bait’s side. This is
often used with light tackle, since the hookset
is easier to break out of the plastic this way.
Above all, you need to leave some slack in the
body of the lure when you rig it. You cannot
have the bait stretched too tightly onto the
hook. Tautness in the lure body is what makes
for poor hooksetting. You have to leave the
slightest amount of slack in the body between
the hook eye and the embedded point. The
slackness makes for a good hookset. This is a
feel that only comes with doing it right. Leaving slack does not mean that the lure should look like it has a bend or curve caused
by the way you rigged it - it should look perfectly straight - but when you press
down on it with your index finger, right where you want the fish to bite it, there
should be some looseness, some slack give in the lure body. You want the fish’s
mouth to depress the bait’s body down easily in the section ahead of where the
hook point is waiting. Once the hook point starts to grab hold in the fish’s mouth,
you really want the entire bait to easily pull down off the front portion of the hook,
and out of the way where it won’t interfere with a good hook set. This is kind of
hard to describe, but very recognizable once you get the hang of doing it.

Rigging Guide
Weightless Rig
The purest form of rigging, and most deadly with the Senko. No
sinker is used and the hook can be tied directly to the main line.
Optionally, tie the hook to a 12” - 24” leader tied to a swivel to
reduce any line twist that may occur with weightless rigs.

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Pegged Texas Rig
Jam a wooden toothpick in the end of a bullet sinker and break
it off. Don’t jam it in so tightly that you risk weakening the line.
Slide it down the line, and the toothpick will hold the sinker
securely against the nose of a soft bait used in heavy cover. The
sinker and bait will act like one unit that slips through weeds
and resists snagging in cover.

Unpegged Texas Rig
A bullet sinker is allowed to slide freely on the main line with
the hook tied directly to the main line, but sometimes the sinker
can slide far up the line away from the bait. This makes for innacurate casts and imprecise presentations. For more control
over an unpegged sinker, you can contain it on a short 12” - 18”
leader tied to a swivel. This gives you the freedom of unpegged
lure movement and you gain better control over the cast and
presentation.

Shakin’ Rig
Use a bead on an unpegged Texas rig. The sinker will hit against
the bead and make a clicking noise that can attract fish at times.
Note
With a pegged bullet or screw-in sinker, it can be important to
thread the hook eye up to an inch or more into the bait. This
leaves room so the hook eye is not jammed immovably against
the sinker. Otherwise, if the eye is pressed against the sinker,
gripped inside the fish’s tightly-clamped mouth, then you only
move the entire bass/weight/hook forward without penetrating
on the hookset. Leaving up to an inch or more of slack ensures
enough room to move the hook and have it start to set before it
jams up behind the sinker.

Screw-In Rig
An advancement over the toothpick-pegging method, screw-in
sinkers are molded around a thin Teflon tube and a corkscrew
wire that screws into the nose of a soft bait. Slip the sinker on
the main line, tie the hook directly to the main line, and screw
the sinker into the nose of the bait. This provides the ultimate in
weedless and snagless presentation for big bass in heavy cover.

Mojo Rig
Mojo sinkers are long and thin. The sinker shape allows a Mojo
rig to slide easily through rocks, weeds and brush better than
most other sinker types. Mojo rigs also work for vertical fishing in deep water where baits are suspended for bass lurking
in or under the tops of flooded trees and brush. They are part
of a complete system that includes rubber strands that thread
through the sinker to peg it from 12” - 24” up the main line
above the bait. The rubber strands cushion the line from any
potential damage that can occur with wooden toothpicks or
crimping splitshots on the line.

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Carolina Rig
Most often used on open, relatively unobstructed bottom.
Thread a 1/2 to 1 oz. sinker onto your main line, followed by a
bead that clicks when the sinker hammers against it. Then tie on
a swivel, an 18”-24” leader line (can be longer), and your hook.
As with all the rigs we describe here, use lighter weights on
Carolina rigs with light tackle, and heaver weights on Carolina
rigs with heavier rods, reels and lines, a simple principle.

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Dropshot Rig
Tie a Yamamoto series 53 Splitshot Hook onto the main line with
a Palomer knot. The loose tag end of the knot is left anywhere
from 12” - 24” long. After the knot is tied, the tag end is threaded through the hook eye in the direction that keeps the hook
point positioned up. A swiveling style of sinker is then clipped
onto the dangling tag end of the line anywhere from 6” - 24”
below the hook. The bait is then nose-hooked. Optionally, the
bait can be wacky-rigged in the middle to reduce any line twist
that may occur with dropshot rigs.

Rockhopper Rig
An advancement over the Carolina rig for rock-strewn bottoms.
The rockhopper sinker can come through snags that stop most
sinker types.

*

Wacky Rig
Using your favorite hook or one designed specifically for wacky
rigging a Senko, like the Gamakatsu Finesse Wide gap (p. 12),
bend the bait in the middle so both tips touch. Then poke the
hook straight through the bend in the middle.

Splitshot or Splitshot Rig
Tie a hook to the end of your line and pinch one or more split
shot 18” - 24” above the hook. Keep in mind, don’t pinch the
splitshot shut so tightly that you risk damaging the line. The mojo
Splitshot is an advancement that uses rubber threads to cushion
the line. If not used in snaggy areas, simply nose-hook the bait
with Yamamoto’s series 53 Splitshot hook.
A splitshot rig is most often used with light line. Since splitshot
sinkers are typically smaller and lighter than any other sinker
types, you can slowly drift a splitshot rig down past bass suspended in mid-depths above deep water. A splitshot can be
used for a delicate lightweight presentation in shallow water, or
to sweep a bait down with the current flow in a stream or shallow river. The bait will swirl and sway as it is buffeted around by
the water flow while the splitshots keep it hunkered down near
the bottom!
*These sinkers are products of Mojo Lure Company, Inc.

Saltwater Rig
Thread the 43S5 or 43S6 Yamamoto Swimbait Jig Head into the
body of the swimbait and bring the hook point out the back
about 1-1/2 inches back. Press the bait firmly against the head
and softly squeeze the sides to secure the bait onto the tri-cone
collar. The best action comes from a slow steady retrieve with
the occasional pause or twitch to entice those following fish.